In the same time period, As Windows XP’s market share dipped last month, so did the overall Windows slice of the pie: between October and November, it fell 0.22 percentage points (from 91.67 percent to 91.45 percent). At the same time, OS X gained 0.14 percentage points (from 7.16 percent to 7.30 percent) and Linux gained 0.08 percentage points (from 1.17 percent to 1.25 percent).

While the 1 percent share for Windows 8 is completely expected, it’s interesting to note that less than half of users have chosen to stick with the default IE10 browser: just 0.51 percent. Everyone else appears to be using Chrome, Firefox, or yet another browser.

Yet there is good news for Microsoft: the continued erosion of XP’s share. The company is doing everything it can to get its users off Windows XP. On April 14, 2009, it retired Mainstream Support for the old OS, and with it, support for IE6. Extended Support will be retired on April 8, 2014 (that’s less than 500 days from now).

Emil was a reporter for The Next Web between 2012 and 2014. Over the years, he has covered the tech industry for multiple publications, including Ars Technica, Neowin, TechSpot, ZDNet, and CNET. Stay in touch via Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.